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The helmets have been dusted off and polished. The footballs have been inflated.

It's finally practice time, albeit with no contact, in Tennessee.

With the TSSAA-mandated dead period over, high school football teams across the state can begin holding practices in helmets with footballs beginning today. It marks the first time since teams held spring practice that they can practice with a football. Teams were able to only hold conditioning during the month of June. ...